An institute like KISS should be banned for what it does to tribal children, not celebrated’, says tribal leader Doley in exclusive chat with TCN The Kalinga Intitute of Social Sciences (KISS) has often been presented as an ideal model for ensuring that tribal children are not deprived of education because of poverty. Over the

The language of the Tangams, with just 253 speakers Who are the Tangams and why is their case reflective of the larger issue of eroding languages across linguistically diverse Arunachal Pradesh? We explain. Last week Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a book titled Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of

Leading NGOs Believe FCRA Changes Will ‘Kill’ Voluntary Sector The amendments will also hinder the sector’s ability to collaborate and conduct research, activists tell The Wire. New Delhi: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 introduced in Lok Sabha on September 20 will severely impact collaborative research in critical fields in India as organisations receiving

KVIC Sets ‘Honey Mission’ World Record, Gives 1000 Bee-Boxes to Kaziranga Tribals! The initiative is part of a greater mission, under which they envision distributing 1.3 lakh bee-boxes across four corners of the country, Albert Einstein had once said that if bees disappeared from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than

Involving indigenous people in environmental governance — the Sixth Schedule way Customary practices of the North East’s tribal population are harmonious with nature. Extensive recognition and conferment of rights over the forest are belated legislative actions In most indigenous societies, people believe humans and nature are deeply connected and inter-dependent, almost like kin to one